Guided Transfer

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  bradborland · Member · May 21, 2012 at 5:23 pm

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  Are the engineers willing to do a guided transfer of my blog from .com to .org while I have a Premium theme? I don’t care if it looks a little off from what I have at .com. As long as it is similar. Is anyone willing to do that?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  hewsut · Member · May 22, 2012 at 1:44 pm

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  Hi,

  We’d be happy to assist. The premium theme upgrades are only valid here at WordPress.com, but you can switch your site to a free theme first and then purchase the Guided Transfer.

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:02 pm

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  Yes, thank you. I was trying to transfer over to Blaskan theme but it will not allow me to display any widgets on a sidebar. I have tried the troubleshooting tutoral on support, but nothing happens. Help!

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:20 pm

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  We can’t help with questions about themes external to WordPress.com.

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  timethief · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm

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  @raincoaster
  Blaskan is not an external theme. We have a version of it here. http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/blaskan/

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:23 pm

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  Ummm… Blaskan is a WP.com theme…

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm

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  Thanks, I’ll read slower next time.

  Then you won’t be able to use the theme at all on a WP.org blog.

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  timethief · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:28 pm

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  @raincoaster
  I think bradborland trying to do what hewsut said above. As he has a premium theme and as it cannot be exported he’s chnaging to the free Blaskan theme before the guided transfer takes place.

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:32 pm

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  Yes! I wanted to go to Blaskan but it won’t display the sidebar for some reason.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:56 pm

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  I see, and you’ve selected the two-column layout?: http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/blaskan/

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 4:58 pm

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  Yes, and I have troubleshot the problem through Support with no success.

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2012 at 5:14 pm

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  Well, it’s risky but you could put your blog here into a different theme, then put it into Blaskan over at your .org blog and troubleshoot there. It’s possible that whatever is interfering here wouldn’t with an independent blog.
  http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/blaskan

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 6:44 pm

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  I figured it out – I used a different browser.

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 6:45 pm

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  Thanks everyone!

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 8:19 pm

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  okay, still showing up without sidebar in IE and Firefox but not in Google Chrome – what gives? Is this what my audience will see too?

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  raincoaster · Member · May 23, 2012 at 9:03 pm

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  I see the sidebar in Firefox.

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  bradborland · Member · May 23, 2012 at 9:13 pm

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  what about IE? I am hoping it is just an update issue with my archaic work desktop…

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  bradborland · Member · May 24, 2012 at 12:59 pm

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  Okay, last question (getting back to the original topic): I have managed to switch over to a free WP theme. In the Store it is still stating that they do not support transfers for Premium Themes with no option to buy.

  I have a WP theme now…?

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  hewsut · Member · May 24, 2012 at 1:56 pm

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  Hi Brad,

  I’m sorry this has been such a clumsy experience. I’ve made some changes for you in our system. Give the store a shot now in your dashboard — you should be good to go.

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  bradborland · Member · May 24, 2012 at 2:21 pm

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  Thanks hewsut! It looks good now. Will the transfer make my blog look like it is now or do I need to pick a theme, host, etc.?